of itself
Buttoned-up with rivets,
an abandoned sluice pipe
we noted with something more
than fleeting regard,
acknowledging its shift, when?
From something ugly to somehow fitting
here among the remains of an old claim.
The birds sang, the grass leaned,
the sand sighed. The whole planet
shifted, as it does every morning, tilting
its face to the moon, or away,
but imperceptibly. We moved on
forgetting how it all breathes, until now
when I look again at the photo I took
of this old iron and see traces of sky
reflected in rust, the life
reflected in rust, the life
of light in its laggard melting
back into this earth we spin on.
Kay McKenzie Cooke
1 comment:
Very strong beginning and ending here, I think - love the 'buttoned-up' and the 'melting back into earth'.
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